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November 24, 2021
Frank Varney
Frank in France #35
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 24, 2021
Arian Knops
Things
“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence.”
November 24, 2021
Michael Tidemann
Sweeper: A Sports Romance Novel
Sports romance has well-rounded characters
November 24, 2021
Anne Gajewsky
The Wounded Tiger & The Foundling
Stories of Pearl Harbor and of London Orphans
November 19, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
June Bisantz – 7 Shades of Snow
A celebration of the Winter season.
November 18, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Carolyn Lee Jones – Christmas Time is Here
Dusting off old favorite Christmas albums? Here's something new!
November 19, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Alexis Cole – Sky Blossom: Songs from My Tour of Duty
Alexis Cole may be the most talented singer to ever hold a top secret military clearance.
November 17, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Farewell, Graeme Edge
One of my favorite bands growing up was The Moody Blues...
November 17, 2021
Arian Knops
In This Town, You’re Catholic
No meat on Fridays
November 17, 2021
Frank Varney
France in France #34
November 16, 2021
November 9, 2021
Carpenters’ Story Comes to Life in A Carpenter’s Christmas
A Carpenter's Story Comes to Life at the Tack.
November 9, 2021
Mystery Writer to Speak at the Tack
Jeff Nania to speak at Tack Center.
November 2, 2021
Kornfield Friends
Remembering Hee Haw at the Tack
November 2, 2021
Arian Knops
The Dance
Unless you’re a Baptist, I’m sure you’ve been to a number of dances.
October 26, 2021
Arian Knops
A Trip to New Orleans
It was Mardi Gras time in 1966 and four of us packed into Wally’s ’55 Chevy...
October 20, 2021
Arian Knops
The Claude Rains Quilt Show
Unless you are up there in years, like me, you have no idea who Claude Rains was
October 20, 2021
Frank Varney
Frank in France #33
October 19, 2021
October 14, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
David Finck – BASSic Instinct
Finck has now released BASSic Instinct, his sixth album
October 12, 2021
Arian Knops
The Well
Before I was old and not the brightest person on Earth, I was young and not the brightest
October 5, 2021
Arian Knops
Gary and Jimmy Z
Jimmy Z was an Italian guy I knew only slightly, always on the lookout to make a buck.
October 5, 2021
Michael Tidemann
Proles envisions abuse of technology
We’ve all heard about Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984. But what could happen in the future?
September 28, 2021
Arian Knops
The Sunday Paper—A Remembrance
To a young lad like me that newspaper was a flickering candle of sanity.
September 21, 2021
Tack Center Takes Field Trip to Minnesota Museums
Music, art and culture are the cornerstones of each event at Spencer’s LuCille Tack Center
September 21, 2021
Arian Knops
The Voyage into Geezerhood
I myself am more rapidly spinning into this malady than I thought I ever would.
September 20, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Jazz review: David Larsen – Deviate from Standards
Deviate from Standards works on every level from the performances to the compositions.
September 20, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Jazz review: Jackson Potter – Restless
A great album by any measure, Restless is incredible as a debut.
September 14, 2021
Nicole Rogers
Looking Forward to Owen Autumnfest 2021
Fun things to come on October 16 in Owen.
September 14, 2021
Dramatic Music and Stunning Video Fuse at the Tack
Lucille Tack Center presents CORDIS.
September 14, 2021
Don Wyeth
Abou Ben Adhem
Prolog to the Canterbury Tales by the English poet, Geoffrey Chaucer.
September 7, 2021
LuCille Tack Center Highlights New Permanent Collection
New permanent collection at the LuCille Tack Center.
August 31, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
A Bad Week for Drummers
Two of the premier drummers of the 60s Rock scene died, leaving music fans grief-stricken
August 31, 2021
Frank Varney
Frank in France #27
Frank in France #27 Aug 31, 2021
August 31, 2021
“I Am, He Said” to Open the Tack’s 25th Season
Spencer’s LuCille Tack Center
August 31, 2021
Greenwood to Get A Clue
Do you like solving mysteries? Are you looking for something fun and interactive?
August 31, 2021
Arian Knops
Old Frank
There are things that have happened in our lives that we remember with dread.
August 31, 2021
Michael Tidemann
Writers and Writing
The Ancestor gripping and enthralling
August 31, 2021
Anne Gajewsky
John Grisham's "Sooley"
The story of a promising young basketball player from South Sudan.
August 24, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Main Street Car Show and Owen Jr. Fair Wrap-Up
Results of the Owen Main Street Car Show.
August 19, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Bryan Lubeck – Midnight Sun
To follow up a brilliant album with an equally brilliant one is no mean feat.
August 19, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Benjamin Schnake Ensemble – The Joy of Playing
Chilean-born Benjamίn Schanke does it all, it seems.
August 17, 2021
Arian Knops
The Kiss
How many times have you been kissed?
August 17, 2021
Clark County’s Harvest Moon Tour 2021
Enjoy our “2021 Harvest Moon Fall Tour” beginning Wednesday, September 1
August 17, 2021
Don Wyeth
Dayspring
a Poem by Don Wyeth
August 13, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Greg Loughman – Re:Connection
Greg Loughman’s Re:Connection speaks regarding connection and about re-establishing it.
August 13, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
A New Mexican Restaurant in Abbotsford
Taqueria El Sol Opens Last Week
August 10, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Great Concert for a Great Cause
Everyone loves a concert, especially when it benefits a noble cause.
August 7, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Ray Soul – Seu Aprendiz
Soul wrestles with social and personal issues through his music.
August 7, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Adam Glaser – Excursions
Adam Glaser’s Excursions is just that—adventures in sound, composition, and programming.
August 6, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Bill Heller – Passage
Bill Heller is most widely known as the magnificent keyboardist for the Rippingtons.
August 4, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Brian Hudson – Ahaya
If an EP is designed to make you want more, Ahaya succeeds magnificently.
August 3, 2021
Michael Tidemann
Writers and Writing
Unspeakable Things packed with drama
August 3, 2021
Don Wyeth
Now is Forever, a Poem by Don Wyeth (1969)
A poem from 1969
August 1, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Dabin Ryu – Wall
For any album, it is remarkable. For a debut album, it is wonderful.
July 30, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Blue Muse - It Never Entered My Mind
A studio album of Jazz classics with half of the compositions by the great Wayne Shorter.
July 21, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Billy Test Trio – Coming Down Roses
Coming Down Roses is Billy Test’s debut as bandleader.
July 20, 2021
Don Wyeth
No Questions Asked of Where You’ve Been - a poem
A poem by Don Wyeth
July 16, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Kenny Shanker – Beautiful Things
Kenny Shanker is a brilliant saxophonist, pianist, vocalist, and composer.
July 13, 2021
Frank Varney
Frank in France #20 July 13, 2021
One of “The Most Beautiful Villages of France”
July 13, 2021
Arian Knops
The Football Game
This memory is about our high school principal, a guy named Norby Weiss.
July 10, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Wayne Alpern's Frankenstein
Alpern selects some of the best-loved Pop tunes and gives them his Jazz vision.
July 8, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Max Highstein is on his Tiptoes
Max has the remarkable pairing of great melodies and fabulous arrangements.
July 7, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Acute Inflections' 400
Acute Inflections are Elasea Douglas and Sadiki Pierre.
July 6, 2021
Frank Varney
Frank in France #19 July 6, 2021
About an hour south of where I live in Limoges is the charming village of Turenne.
July 6, 2021
Anne Gajewsky
Peig
This is a unique autobiography.
July 6, 2021
Arian Knops
Hawkie
Something that in this era’s misguided political correctness lunacy is hardly ever spoken.
July 6, 2021
Michael Tidemann
Black Bottom Saints Celebrates Detroit’s Golden Age
Detroit-born author Randall presents characters who helped create Detroit’s Golden Age.
July 3, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
2B3 – Jimi
2B3's Jimi is a Work of Hendrix Wonder
July 3, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Kaylé Brecher – Bredux: Collected Edges
Think of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan and you're on the right track.
July 1, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Alex Martin – Folk Songs, Jazz Journeys
Alex Martin’s Folk Songs,Jazz Journeys is the best of many worlds.
June 29, 2021
Frank Varney
Frank in France June 29, 2021
This week’s adventure takes us to the ruins of le château fortifié de Châlucet.
June 29, 2021
Arian Knops
Mistaken Identity
Many of us have been mistaken for someone else.
June 22, 2021
Michael Tidemann
Writers and Writing
Until Then poignant, inspiring
June 22, 2021
Arian Knops
Athletes
Most girls like athletes. Most girls like money. Most girls don’t like nerds. I was a nerd
June 15, 2021
Arian Knops
Horses and Smarts
There are some things we are not supposed to know about animals.
June 8, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
On Bob Dylan turning 80
Only a handful of artists have changed, shaped, upended the musical world like Dylan.
June 8, 2021
Arian Knops
John and his Horses
It seems to me that people who love horses can be nice decent human beings.
June 8, 2021
Michael Tidemann
by Michael Tidemann McElwain collection a gem
If you'd been a journalist for 50 years, what stories would you select for a collection?
June 3, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Jonathan Karrant & Joshua White – Shadows Fall
It’s not very often that we come across a new male Jazz vocalist.
June 3, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Slide Attack – Road Trip
Here’s something you don’t see every day—a two trombone led quintet.
June 4, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Troy Roberts & Tim Jago – Best Buddies
Troy Roberts and Tim Jago team up for Best Buddies.
June 1, 2021
Frank Varney
Frank in France June 1, 2021
Climbing one last volcano
June 1, 2021
Arian Knops
Leo
I sensed something unusual the first time I ever entered the blacksmith shop.
May 29, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Brian Woodruff Sextet – A Centering Peace
Drummer and composer Brian Woodruff has released his third album as a leader.
May 27, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Kristin Callahan – Lost in a Dream
Vocalist Kristin Callahan has taken a large step away from her previous albums.
May 27, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Dan Moretti - Tres Libre
One of the most memorable albums of the year.
May 25, 2021
Arian Knops
Of Mice and Mumbles
This is about two Navy officers
May 22, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Kenny Carr – Distance
The brilliant Jazz guitarist takes on the trio format.
May 18, 2021
Arian Knops
A Road Trip—Part Two
A continuation from last week's story
May 11, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Munson Bridge Welcomes Mothers and More
Munson Bridge wines were served a-plenty with delectable dishes
May 11, 2021
Arian Knops
A Road Trip—Part One
When I was just short of twenty-one, I was discharged, honorably, from the US Navy.
May 4, 2021
Arian Knops
The Cardboard Box
The humor of Arian Knops and the cardboard box.
April 27, 2021
Frank Varney
Frank in France April 27, 2021
April 27, 2021
April 27, 2021
Arian Knops
A Night of Music
There are two kinds of music. Good music and all other music.
April 20, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Black River Orchard - a Fun and Fruitful Place for Families
Spotlight on sponsor Black River Orchard.
April 20, 2021
Anne Gajewsky
The Good Doctor of Warsaw - By author Elizabeth Gifford
A review of the novel The Good Doctor of Warsaw.
April 13, 2021
Withee Days 2021 is a Go
The O-W Lions are excited to announce that Withee Days 2021 is a "go."
April 13, 2021
Arian Knops
The Apartment
A humorous look back at newly weds first home.
April 7, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Afro Yaqui Music Collective – Maroon Futures
The message of radical freedom and universal acceptance is long past due. long p
April 7, 2021
Travis Rogers, Jr.
Steve Hunt – Connections
The present album is called Connections and is fitting
April 7, 2021
Frank Varney
Frank in France April 6, 2021
Enjoying time at Oleron Island, off the west coast of France.
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